Remembering Memorial Day

Last weekend I cleaned out my mom's garage and found this picture of my dad. I thought it was such a great picture and said so much. This was during the Vietnam war although I'm not sure what year. My dad ended his military career of 21 years as a recruiter for the US Army. What a life of service.

Memorial Day at the Lake

We spent Memorial day at the lake with Wes' family. We had a good time. Enjoy the pictures.

Wes' niece teaches him how to play Guitar Hero. She beat him pretty bad.

End of the Year

Today we celebrated the last day of Weekday School. (Where did the year go?) The older children had a small program that they performed for all the parents and younger kids. Rachel got to see the program and loved it because they sang songs with motions. I saw her trying to do the motions with them. She was cute. After the program and graduation of the four year olds we went down to the playground and had a picnic lunch. Rachel didn't want any part of eating she only wanted to play. She played hard and then we headed home. She was asleep in the car in a matter of minutes. We do have a summer program at our church that Rachel will be apart of in the month of July. My child is a one year old and I already have her in year-round school - but she loves it!

Rachel loves playing in the house on the playground.

Rachel has mastered the small slide.

Friends

This week was a busy one for Rachel and I. We met with several friends and finished up Weekday School. Thank goodness for the long weekend coming up. :)

My good friend, Susan and her daughter, Madeline are in town visiting for a month. We met up at Target and then headed to Chick-Fil-A for lunch. I have become a huge fan of Chick-Fil-A since having Rachel. They have the nicest and most helpful staff. You can tell they are a company whose mission is to serve others and serve them well.

I met up with my friend, Tiffany and her son Marshall and we went on a walk together.

Later in the week Rachel and I ate with Debbie at McAlister's Deli. Rachel got a kids meal which included pizza, drink, and cookies for $3.25. I thought that was a great deal! Also FYI Kid's eat free on Tuesday's (at least at the McAlister's that I ate at.) I Love finding great deals on kid's meals.

Water Day

Yesterday was water day at Rachel's pre-school. They had 3 pools out, a water table, bubbles, and a sprinkler set up. It was very small to us but very big to these little children. Rachel had a good time and I snapped some pictures of her splashing around.

Happy Mother's Day

This little girl has made me a mother! What a precious gift from God. I can't believe I've had her for only 16 months, it seems like a life time. She is my sweetie pie and I love her so much!

Nana and Pops

Rachel loves her Nana and Pops and I know that they love her. Nana loved Rachel all weekend and Pops went on many walks outside with Rachel. I think all three of them had a blast this weekend.

We gave Nana a stepping stone for Mother's day. This was one you have to make. So Rachel helped her stir the mortar mix to get it ready to pour into the mold. Afterwards we were going to put Rachel's hand print in it. Rachel was not a fan of putting her hand in the mix but after a talk from Pop's she did it one time and one time only. The stepping stone turned out pretty good.

Pop's and Rachel swinging